Combination single and double breasted garments



R. E. BERMAN ,4 COMBINATION SINGLE AND DOUBLE BREASTED GARMENTS Oct. 8,1968 Filed Feb. 21, 1967 FlG.l

INVENTOR, Ralph E.Bermon,

ATTORNEY.-

United States Patent Oifice 3,404,408 Patented Oct. 8, 1968 3,404,408COMBINATION SINGLE AND DOUBLE BREASTED GARMENTS Ralph E. Berman,Brooklyn, N.Y., assignor to Petrocelli Clothes, Inc., New York, N.Y., acorporation of New York Filed Feb. 21, 1967, Ser. No. 617,670 Claims.(Cl. 2--96) ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A garment of the jacket or coatvariety, the lower vertices of whose lapels extend to about thewaistline where they coincide in a point on the vertical front centerline of the garment. Downward from said point, the right and left frontpanels have flaps extending therefrom to the bottom edge of the garmentand beyond said center line for over and underlap and for buttons andbutton holes. These flaps are preferably stiffened to prevent theircurling. From above said point, the appearance of the garment is that ofthe single breasted type, and below said point, the appearance is thatof a double breasted garment.

The present invention relates to wearing apparel and more particularlyto jackets and coats.

Heretofore, these garments were either single breasted or doublebreasted. In garments of the single breasted style, the lapels extenddown to about waistline region and there they slightly overlap. Acomparatively long triangular section of the shirt is exposed as well asa considerable length of the wearers tie. The front panels of thegarment overlap slightly to afford buttoning, down from the lower endsof the lapels. The fit of the garment is rather loose at and lends nosupport to the abdomen of the wearer, and because the lower frontcorners of the front panels are convexedly rounded forming an invertedV-shaped space between them, the fly of the trousers on the wearer, isexposed. In garments of the double breasted variety, the lapelsintersect so high up that very little of the shirt and tie are exposed,but the overlapping of the front panels to the bottom edge of thegarment, offer a girdle effect to support the abdomen. The bottom edgeof each of the front panels is horizontal, hence the fly of the trousersis covered.

It is therefore the principal object of this invention to provide anovel and improved construction for garments of the character described,which will present the appearance of both a single and a double breastedgarment and offer their advantageous features.

A further object thereof is to provide a novel and improved combinationgarment of the kind described, which is elegant in appearance,reasonable in cost to manufacture and whose construction is efficient incarrying out the purposes for which it is designed.

Other objects and advantages will become apparent as this disclosureproceeds.

In the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification, similarcharacters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

FIG. 1 is a front view of a garment embodying the teachings of thisinvention. Here, the garment is shown buttoned.

FIG. 2 is a similar view showing the garment unbuttoned. One of thefront panels is shown swung so as to expose its back surface.

FIG. 3 is a fragmentary section taken at lines 3-3 or 3'3' in FIG. 2.

In the drawing, the numeral 15 designates generally a jacket whose frontpanels 16 and 17 are folded back to form the lapels 18, 19 as downwardextensions of the collar. Said lapels are of inverted triangular shape.Lapel 18 is in front of and overlaps the right front panel 16. Lapel 19is in front of and overlaps the left front panel 17. These lapels extendconvergingly downward to a point 20 near the waistline region on thevertical center line of the garment, at which point the lower verticesof said lapels coincide when the garment is buttoned as in FIG. 1. Theappearance of this much down to said point 20, is that of a singlebreasted garment. The lower vertex of the lapel 18 is indicated by thenumeral 18', while that of the lapel 19 is indicated by the numeral 19'.

From the point 18', the front panel 16 has a substantially rectangularflap 16' extending to the bottom edge of the garment and away from theright side of the garment. From the point 19', the front panel 17 has asimilar flap 17' extending to the bottom edge of the garment and awayfrom the left side of the garment. When the garment is buttoned, theflap 16 is overlapped by and behind the front panel 17, while the flap17' overlaps and is in front of the front panel 16. The entire bottomedge 21 of the garment is in a substantially horizontal plane. The flap17 is provided with a button hole 21 near its top edge, and anotherbutton hole 22 spaced below hole 21. The panel 16 has the buttons 21,22' sewed on the front thereof for engagement in said button holesrespectively so that the flaps shall lie fiat when the garment isbuttoned. The button hole 22 and its button 22' are optional, and alsoit is optional to provide the buttons 23, 23' in positions as shown. Theappearance of the garment down from the point 20, is that of the doublebreasted variety. Including the buttons at 23 and 23', adds to thedouble breasted effect. The back 24 of the garment is ordinary. On thefront of the panel 17, are of course sewn the buttons 21" and 22",respectively opposite the buttons 21', 22' as is usual in the doublebreasted style. The width of the flaps 16', 17' is optional.

To maintain the extension of the flaps 16', 17 and to prevent them fromcurling, a stiffness is imposed on them and on about an equal areaabutting them respectively, of the panels 16 and 17. So the area A, B,C, D on each front garment part, is stiffened by applying a suitablestiffening means in face-to-face adhesion with the back surface thereof,which may be accomplished by applying a plastic coated pli-able sheet 25and bonding it thereto by pressure and heat. This will maintain thesmoothness of the front and proper suspension of the free edges of theflaps 16', 17'. Numeral 26 denotes the garments inner lining.

Although the garment illustrated is a mans jacket, the teachings of thisinvention may be equally applied to jackets and long coats for men,women and children, with appropriate styling effects as are incidenttherefor. Allthese shall be deemed to be included in the term garment asused in the appended claims.

This invention is capable of numerous forms and various applicationswithout departing from the essential features herein disclosed. It istherefore intended and desired that the embodiment shown herein shall bedeemed merely illustrative and not restrictive and that the patent shallcover all patentable novelty herein set forth; reference being had tothe following claims rather than to the specific showing and descriptionherein to indicate the scope of this invention.

I claim:

1. A buttoned in the front garment of the character described, having acollar and inverted, substantially triangular-shaped lapels extendingrespectively from the ends of the collar downwardly substantially to thewaist line region of the garment; the lower extremity of each lapelbeing a vertex; said vertices coinciding at a point on 3 t-heyertiealcenter line of the front of the garment; said garment'including a rightfront panel and a left front panel which are folded over to form saidlapels; the right front panel having a substantially rectangular flap inextension thereof downwardly from said point to the bottom edge of thegarment, and horizontally a predetermined distance from said center linetowards the left side of the garment; the left front panel having asubstantially rectangular flap in extension thereof downwardly from saidpoint to the bottom edge of the garment, and horizontally apredetermined distance from said center line towards the right side ofthe garment; one of said flaps having a button hole near its top edgeand overlapping'the front surface of the panel other than the one itextends from; the other flap underlapping the back surface of the panelother than the one it extends from, and a button on the front surface ofthe underlapped panel to releasably engage said button hole, whereby thestructure of the garment is of the single breasted type from said pointupwards, and of the double breasted type from said point downwards.

2. A garment as defined in claim 1, wherein the general plane of theentire bottom edge of the garment is horizontal.

3. A garment as definedin claim 1, including means in back of each flapfor stiffening said flaps respectively against curling.

4. A garment as defined in claim 3, wherein each of said means comprisesa pliable layer of stiffening quality, in face to face contact with atleast the entire surface of the flaps respectively.

5. A garment as defined in claim 4, wherein said layer is bonded inface-to-face adhesion with its associated flap.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,189,187 2/ 1940 Turunen 2-962,654,094 10/1953 Feldman 2-93 FOREIGN PATENTS 1,097,361 2/ 1955 France.

RICHARD J. SCANLAN, JR., Primary Examiner.

